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TV/radio: 7 p.m. Tuesday; CSN, WMVP-AM 1000. Storylines: The Wizards have won two of the first three meetings and returned Bradley Beal from injury Saturday night. The Bulls are trending the other way with Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler and Taj Gibson all out. Trending: The Bulls have lost two straight home games in this series. The Wizards have had three different leading scorers in the first three meetings this season in John Wall, Marcin Gortat and Paul Pierce. Gortat has led in rebounding all three games.

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TV/radio: 7 p.m. Tuesday; CSN, WMVP-AM 1000.
Storylines: The Wizards have won two of the first three meetings and returned Bradley Beal from injury Saturday night. The Bulls are trending the other way with Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler and Taj Gibson all...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Tyler Ulis enjoyed a comfortable childhood in Lima, Ohio, guided by his mother and stepdad.
Though barely taller than Muggsy Bogues, he showed promise on the basketball court. Eventually, he figured, he might get a scholarship offer from...

NEW YORK — Pau Gasol sat in a chair behind a table surrounded by people holding microphones, cameras and recorders. Questions were shouted to him in English and Spanish, demanding instantaneous eloquence.
In some regards, Friday could have been like many...

NEW YORK -- Mixing Broadway and basketball, this NBA All-Star Game was a West Side Story.
Russell Westbrook scored 41 points, one shy of the All-Star game record, and the Western Conference beat the East 163-158 on Sunday night.
The Oklahoma City...

As if earning his first All-Star start isn’t enough, the Bulls’ Pau Gasol will jump center Feb. 15 at Madison Square Garden against the Grizzlies’ Marc Gasol. They’re the first brothers to be voted starters in NBA history.
“It’s a great accomplishment,...

The summary
Pick a negative, any negative. That's four losses in five games as the Bulls collapsed in the second half Wednesday night to fall 105-99 to the Wizards, who remain a bad matchup. That's a meager 12-9 mark at the United Center. And that's...

The summary
The Bulls hadn't lost consecutive games since Nov. 21. That changed Friday night at Verizon Center. Riding double-doubles from Marcin Gortat, Nene and John Wall, the Wizards buried the Bulls' starters early and held on for a 102-86 victory....

TV/radio: 6 p.m. Tuesday; CSN, WMVP-AM 1000.
Storylines: The Bulls are 4-4 in the second of back-to-back games. At 12-4, they own the most road victories in the Eastern Conference. At 13-3, the Wizards have the most home victories.
Trending: Joakim Noah...

WASHINGTON — Derrick Rose is not one to gloat, but he could not contain himself after nailing a jumper Tuesday night that all but clinched the Bulls' stirring 99-91 victory over the Wizards.
"I never celebrate," he said. "My emotions...

The summary
Exacting a small measure of revenge for knocking them out of the playoffs in April, the Bulls took down the Wizards 99-91 in the first of four meetings this season. Derrick Rose scored 18 of his 25 points in the second half, draining a long...

In a sign of just how long he has been sidelined the past two seasons, Derrick Rose is fifth among Eastern Conference guards in first returns of All-Star balloting.
Rose trails the Wizards John Wall, the Heat's Dwayne Wade, the Cavaliers Kyrie Irving and...

NEW YORK -- Point guard John Wall totaled 24 points and 11 assists and the Washington Wizards rolled to a wire-to-wire 102-91 victory over the New York Knicks on Thursday afternoon at Madison Square Garden.
Wall posted his 17th double-double and made...

Entering Friday, Pau Gasol's 16 double-doubles tied him with the Trail Blazers' LaMarcus Aldridge and the Grizzlies' Zach Randolph, one behind league leaders John Wall of the Wizards and Nikola Vucevic of the Magic.
Gasol has led the Bulls in scoring...

The Bulls have tried stealing some minutes for rookie Nikola Mirotic at small forward.
At this rate, the experiment may only last a short time.
"It's hard for him to pick up two positions right now," coach Tom Thibodeau said. "When he...

There's an enduring image from this summer's FIBA World Cup in Spain of Derrick Rose in a tight, squat defensive stance, picking up his opponent full-court.
Rose didn't clap or hike up his shorts, so this wasn't Michael Jordan and Gary Payton dueling...

Once again, the Bulls drew a large share of attention in the 13th annual general managers' survey released by the league Wednesday.
They trailed the Spurs and Cavaliers as favorites to win the NBA championship, drawing 11.5 percent of the votes....

Jimmy Butler didn't wait around for the cable guy this offseason. Ensconced in Houston, his house featured limited diversions, all the better to work on a jump shot that kept fans waiting last season.
"It was very boring down there," Butler...

Don't crown the Cleveland Cavaliers just yet.
At least one NBA legend thinks LeBron James' move from Miami to Cleveland sets up a new pecking order in the Eastern Conference--with the Bulls on top.
Los Angeles Lakers great Magic Johnson tweeted,...